List of Titanium members

Titanium are a New Zealand pop boy band formed in Auckland in 2012 from the winners of radio station's promotion to create New Zealand's first boy band. The radio station hosted auditions across New Zealand and eventually six young men were selected for the group consisting of members, Zac Taylor, Andrew Papas, Jordi Webber, Shaquille Paranihi-Ngauma, Haydn Linsley and T.K Paradza. They signed to Illegal Musik and released their debut single, . The single debuted at number one on the official New Zealand Singles Chart on 17 September 2012.
Zac Taylor
Zac Taylor born in 1993 is from Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. He attended Trident High School. Prior to his audition for The Edge competition he traveled to Orlando, Florida to sing at the Voice of McDonald's finals in early 2012. Taylor also states his favourite boy band is Boyz II Men.
Andrew Papas
Andrew Papas born in 1994 is orignally from South Africa and lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Before his audition for the radio station competition he was a part time Barista. Papas has stated various times that he is a fan of english boy bands; The Wanted and One Direction. He cites Justin Timberlake as an influence.
Jordi Webber
Jordi Webber born in 1994 is from Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Webber attended Rotorua Boys' High School and was Head boy. He was a student
in his first year of an acting degree before he auditioned for the boy band competition. He states: "I love dancing, singing and acting but have great ambitions to find improvement in all 3 areas."
Growing up his dream occupation was to become a professional actor. Webber also loves to bake and is of culture.
Shaquille Paranihi-Ngauma
Shaquille Paranihi-Ngauma born in 1994 is from Gisborne and lived in Hamilton, Taranaki, New Zealand. Paranihi-Ngauma was studying Music at Wintec prior to his decision to audition for The Edge boy band. He has expressed his love for cartoons, he stated: "I still really love cartoons, they seem to help me a lot with my craft and creativity". He loves to dance and has grown up with a passion for performing and one time even danced to Michael Jackson in kindergarten on the table when he was three and a half years old. His favourite boy band is Nsync and cites Chris Brown as one of his biggest influences.
Haydn Linsley
Haydn Linsley born in 1993 is orignally from Bristol, England and lived in Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand. Before joining the boy band he was a Full-time student and part-time Barista. Linsley's grandfather is Tony Hatch, composer of the Neighbours theme tune and Petula Clark's "Downtown" among many others. His interests include: Rugby, Singing, Beatboxing, and Rapping. One of his favourite celebrities is Justin Timberlake and he also loves the boy band Westlife.
T.K Paradza
T.K Paradza born in 1986 is orignally from Zimbabwe and lived in Wellington, New Zealand. He is of African culture. Prior to participating in the boy band competition from local radio station The Edge his main occupation was studying Information systems at university. As a sixteen year old he entered into a Junior Golf Tour in South Africa to represent Zimbabwe and cites this is one of his favourite childhood memories. One interesting fact about Paradza is he cuts and styles his own hair stating: "I don't trust barbers".

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